Element Selection: Water
New Runes Discovered
A Rune is a shape that indicates its Meaning and a colour that denotes Element. An uncharged Rune has only shape and an Element of mana without shape does not cause anything to happen. Rune shapes all have indentations that take on the colour of the Element they are charged with.
Ward Meaning
The Ward shape is a dome. An eight-pointed star is indented on the tip of the dome.
Form Meaning
A cube with a different number of uniformly sized circular indents on each face, starting with a single circle in the centre and increasing the number of circles by one each time until the final face has six circle marks. The faces are arranged such that adding together the number of circular indents on opposite faces always sums to seven. Why this shape is associated with the Form Meaning is a mystery.
Attack Meaning
The Attack shape is similar to the Form shape in some ways. A thin rectangular shape that tapers to a point on three out of six faces. The other three faces are marked with an indented cross symbol. All three tapered faces are on the same plane.
Water Element
The Element of Water carries with it aspects of envelopment, adaptation and pressure. Quite naturally it is the primary Element of liquids in all forms. It is represented by the colour black.
Wood Element
Aspected towards life, experience and growth, the Wood Element is most heavily concentrated in plants, though all living things contain some amount of it. It is represented by the colour green.
Air Element
Air is the Element of speed, separation and flight. The Air Element is found everywhere above the earth and is drawn in and pressed back out when taking a breath. It is represented by the colour blue.
Alchemy Discovered
Alchemy is the art of transferring the elemental power contain within a Rune into water. This runic water contains both the Meaning and the Element of the Rune in a more useable form. Mixing various types of runic water together allows the creation of liquids with magical effects. Thus far we have only found a single successful combination.
Starting Recipe - Ward(Wood), Form(Water), Attack(Air) - Swan’s Black Blood
The first alchemical effect we have discovered is the recipe for Swan’s Black Blood. A poison that attacks the blood of the victim making them more susceptible to bleeding as their blood does not clot properly.
It is now Summer of Turn -3
Discovery PhaseThis turn is a double turn, so you may take 2 actions each phase. There will be no Battle phase.
Rune Skills are a measure of your nation’s understanding of the Runes. They are measured as Unskilled, Apprentice, Adept and Master. You cannot make use of Meanings or Elements until you have at least an Apprentice level understanding of them.
Meaning
Ward - Apprentice
Form - Apprentice
Attack - Apprentice
Shape - Unskilled
Control - Unskilled
Element
Water - Adept - Alchemy
Wood - Apprentice
Air - Apprentice
Fire - Unskilled
Earth - Unskilled
Discoveries are magical effects you have discovered that you can put to practical use inside Designs.
Recipes
Ward(Wood), Form(Water), Attack(Air) - Swan’s Black Blood
A poison that attacks the blood of the victim making them more susceptible to bleeding as their blood does not clot properly.